Case Description: Christian Smith’s couch caught on fire inside his apartment. The following day a neighbor calls 9-1-1, fireman Jason Blubaum responds via person vehicle. With the landlords permission he searches the apartment and confirms that there is no further danger. He leaves the apartment, in about 5 minutes battalion chief Aaron Watson and engine-company arrive non-emergency. Jason informed him of what happened and was sent home.…
1) Environment of care findings with numerous smoke wall penetrations, interim life safely measures for construction projects, blocked fire extinguishers, lack of sufficient evidence of adequate fire drills, lack of testing for medical gas alarm panels, blocked sprinkler clearance as well as cluttered hallways.…
Many people today are so unaware as to why we must practice and follow fire procedures. For the most part people never question how it come to be. Well it took many of people’s lives to ameliorate the world for laws to enforce a safe working environment. As to this day, there are several laws that protect the workers’ rights, workers’ environment, and several fire procedures that are enforced all around us. This did not only apply to workers and their environment but applies every place we go, even in our own homes, have safety codes that were created because of this tragic…
A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for a 2009 shooting in Fort Hood, Texas. A death sentence for an army personal hardly ever happens. Maj. Nidal Hasan walked into a medical building where army soldiers were getting medical check-ups and shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ which means in Arabic for “God is great!.” He then opened fire with a laser-sighted handgun. He killed thirteen army men and women that day and injured over 30. When police finally stopped him they had shot him in the back leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. He went to court being his own attorney never denying killing his fellow soldiers and he opened his hearing with…
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I believe the firefighters should have been aware of superheating. Considering that firefighters work constantly to banish flames before they grow, the firefighters should know about all possible ways a wildfire can receive fuel. Additionally, having knowledge of other incidents where superheating caused explosion would have allow them to be better prepared. Overall, the firefighters took to situation too lightly, but if they had realized the fire always has the potential to escalate quickly then perhaps they may have been poised to neutralize the…
Many of the injured were residents from a nursing home located close to the fertilizer plant. The house supervisor, a BSN activated the disaster plan immediately after receiving the first calls from victims alerting of their arrivals. She quickly delegated task to those in-house. Assisted in setting up the command center. Pulling RN’s to set up a triage area. Coordinating local ambulance and helicopter service to allow for transport of those burned and injured. Assigning tasks to employees as they came in to assist. She could think ahead call for supplies that would be needed. Have assistants available to doctors for debridement.…
In this paper, I will discuss suicide by cops. Also, examine the reasons why people decide to have a cop kill them, instead of committing suicide themselves. As well as the effects it has on the officer that pulls the trigger.…
The response would be that they would first need to minimise the risk this meaning that the stuff would need to of had made sure that they checked the building to make sure that no child is left behind. Before the staff starts the job they would need of had gone through training where they would know what action to take and how to get the children out safely and as fast as possible. Staff are also taught fire aid to help the child whilst the ambulance come, so when the little boy inhaled too much smoke he would need to be checked to see that there's no toxic in his system which he could of inhaled and that his breathing is fine; because the boy fell down a couple steps they would need to tap his whole body to make sure that there are no broken bones and see his sprained ankle to see if it damaged more. The staff should know all the fire exits to take and the appointed location where they would be safe and away from the fire without any harm. Also if there is a child who cannot walk they would need to be taken into consideration and assisted out of the building, if the child…
While all three of the documents listed numerous similarities between them, they also went into depth about some issues that the others did not. Among the similarities noted all three of the documents mentioned fire prevention & education, training, and being accountable. These documents listed the ways that we can educated the public, both young and old on how to prevent fires, in and around the home, school, and office. They stressed the need for fire drills, educational seminars, and site safety programs. At some point all of the documents addressed the need for sprinkles in buildings, both large and small, or wherever you will have a congregation of people. Since these documents have been made public, many communities across the United States have taken a stand and created public safety campaigns, school safety programs, and other means to educate the public on how to prevent fires. The National Fire Protection Association has even established the second week in October of every year as Fire Prevention Week. During this week fire prevention is stressed in almost every community across the US for both the young and old.…
In this type of suicide, a person intentionally engages in life-threatening behavior to induce a police officer to shoot that person. His/her goal is to provoke the law enforcement officer to a lethal response. This is distinguished from other police shootings by three elements: the person should show an intention to die, the person understands the finality of the act, confronts law-enforcement official with such extreme behavior that the officer is compelled to act with deadly force.…
Since being in the military, I have personally dealt with three suicides within the Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) community. One of these three deaths was a close friend of mine. On January 4th, 2014, two days after my birthday, my friend Daniel Lars Shoemaker took his life. This tragic event was shocking because no one knew he was dealing with his demons. However, hindsight is 20/20, and this has left me with a sense of guilt because I feel I could have done something to prevent his actions. I wish I would have been a better Wingman to Daniel.…
Arson is a serious problem in the United States, being the number one cause of all fires, the number two cause of fire death and the cause of over one billion dollars of damage every year. Webster defines arson as “ The crime of maliciously burning somebody else’s building or property or of burning one’s own to get insurance money.” Arson is thought of as an insurance concern, an invisible “paper lose” by the general populace, but for the firefighters who have been injured or killed responding to set fires and the hundreds of civilians killed each year in incendiary or suspicious building fires, arson looms as a significant issue that is anything but invisible.…
Stressed by war and long overseas tours, U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year at the highest rate on record, the toll rising for a fourth straight year and even surpassing the suicide rate among comparable civilians. Army leaders said they were doing everything they could think of to curb the deaths and appealed for more mental health professionals to join and help out. Clearly, the military is going above and beyond to try and prevent further lives from being taken.…
Paramedics have the unenviable position of being constantly exposed to disease and bacteria. Our job occupation forces them into situations that present both a biological risk and physical risk such as explosions, falling debris and rubble or other compromising positions. In such a risk filled job, paramedics must follow many strict procedures and protocols in order to remain safe. This paper will attempt to analyze the problems that paramedics have to deal with on a daily basis in relation to their own personal health and safety. Through an examination of paramedic protocols in relation to national Department of Transportation policy and professional practices it is evident that many current policies address the issues of on the job duties for paramedics and how they can avoid health and safety risks through careful awareness and following safety protocols. An examination of health and safety issues must look at the three areas of paramedic safety that affects them the most, their health risks, physical risks, and psychological risks.…